Posts Tagged ‘Scotland’
Through the wind and the rain
Optimising fish performance in severe conditions using nutrition By Gijs Rutjes, Alltech Coppens. Over the last few years, temperature swings and long drought periods were followed by brief periods of heavy rain. When subjected to these rapid changes in farming conditions, fish suffer severe stress. Facing challenging conditions, like low water supply or water temperatures…
Read MoreMeal is the real deal
RedMeal is a whole Haematococcus pluvialis meal rich in Astaxanthin and is a great source of energy, proteins, carbohydrates, essential fatty acids, vitamins, nucleotides, and minerals. It provides pigmentation plus a wide range of science-backed benefits such as improving egg quality, increasing reproduction and growth rates, enhancing the immune system and overall health due to…
Read MoreFingertip Feeding
Today’s fish farmer appreciates proven quality when selecting a feeding system for their farm. Arvo-Tec has comprehensive solutions for all stages of feeding, with a focus on giving you the necessary level of control that is required, especially if you want to be truly successful with RAS. To improve accessibility each one of our solutions…
Read MoreEMA thumbs up for Clynav vaccine
The Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP) from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has recommended the granting of a variation to the terms of the marketing authorization for Clynav, Elanco´s first in class DNA vaccine, expanding the duration of its immunity from 3 months to 12 months after vaccination.[1] Fish vaccinated with Clynav…
Read MoreFISA passes the test
Last year FISA, together with UK representative Boris Net, introduced the product to Loch Duart. FISA’s SUPRA (Premium HDPE) anti predator solution is ideal for the Scottish salmon market as it is an integrated containment and anti-predator allowing customers to contain the fish and protect from predators in one unit. Following the successful test, FISA…
Read MoreBespoke Brailers
W&J Knox has been producing a variety of bespoke heavy-duty brailer nets for use from hatchery to wellboat. Inherent strength comes from the tubular marine grade stainless steel, fabricated in-house. Release mechanisms can be manual with a drawstring or mechanical with the addition of a brailer block. The brailer pictured was produced using HDPE netting…
Read MoreKeeping things moving 24/7
Ferguson Transport and Shipping’s work vessels are available for private hire seven days a week, 365 days a year for short-term, long-term and ad-hoc contracts. We work the length and breadth of the West coast of Scotland, providing road and sea logistic solutions. Services include general cargo movements, specialised cargo, ADR transport, fish feed, waste…
Read MoreSalmon prices starting to spike
SALMON prices are showing positive signs of hardening as more countries gradually start opening up their economies in the wake of the coronavirus lockdown. In Norway, which often acts as a marker for neighbouring countries, the country’s statistics office this week reports fresh or chilled salmon was just over NOK 59 per kilo. This represents…
Read MoreConceptual Development
Inter Fresh Concepts is busy catching up now that some space has been freed up by the Corona measures. Director Leon Hoogervorst told us: ‘We had it on the agenda for some time that we wanted to make it possible for retailers to order directly from us. ‘We have now built that website…
Read MoreCaged delivery
FiiZK will complete two new installations of closed cages for fish farmers in Norway in May and June. A third cage is also under construction, and will be delivered in October. Certus 15000, FiiZK’s newest closed postsmolt cage, can hold up to 750 tons biomass. A heavy duty industrial PVC bag closes the production…
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